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Curly Howard in a publicity shot from IDIOTS DELUXE (1945)

WINTER 2025   -   Editor: Gary Lassin

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News Flashes...
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 2
  • THE BIG IDEA (1934) and ROAST-BEEF & MOVIES (1934) released in BluRay HD as bonus features on MANHATTAN MELODRAMA (1934), from Warner Archive
  • 27th annual "Three Stooges Big Screen Event" was held on Nov. 27 at the Alex Theater in Glendale CA

GoFundMe Campaign Started to Secure Final Resting Place For Actor Phil Van Zandt
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 2

Launched by Bob Satterfield, curator of the recent Three Stooges exhibit at The Hollywood Museum, a GoFundMe campaign is underway to move Stooges supporting actor Phil Van Zandt's ashes to a private vault in the Chapel of Pines in Los Angeles.


Obituaries
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 3
  • Rex Holman (1935 - 2025)
  • Scott Spiegel (1957 - 2025)

Search For Norma Randall... Is Over!, The
by Samuel Claesson
Page(s): 4 - 7

For many years, the post-acting life of supporting actress Norma Randall (SPOOKS!, MUSTY MUSKETEERS and PALS AND GALS) has been a mystery.  Author Samuel Claesson ("Classic Images" magazine, books from Sequoia Press) has completed her story.  Norma's later life and death are discussed in detail.


Have Slapstick, Will Travel: The Three Stooges Meet Dave Ballard, "The Herculean Giant"
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 8 - 10

Biographical profile of 7' 8", 350 lbs., Dave Ballard, the performer who worked onstage (as a soldier of ancient Greece) with The Three Stooges in January 1962 during the trio's personal appearance tour to promote THE THREE STOOGES MEET HERCULES.


Three Stooges Supporting Players, The: Mini-Biographical Profiles
by Journal Staff
Page(s): 11 - 14
  • Benny Rubin
  • Loretta Russell
  • 'Tiny' Sandford
  • Cosmo Sardo
  • Nancy Saunders

Bulletin Board
Page(s): 15

Fan classified advertisements


Stooge Trivia
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 15

Trivia Q&A


Rare Photo
by Gary Lassin
Page(s): 16

"Beth and Betty Dodge, members of the cast of A NIGHT IN VENICE, enjoy a day of golf with Shemp and Moe (Larry can be seen in the background), 1929."


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